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Rubio Arrives in India Ahead of Quad Talks as US Tries to Reset Strained Ties

Rubio Arrives in India Ahead of Quad Talks as US Tries to Reset Strained Ties

Published by Sam Flores

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Saturday ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad. Rubio’s first official trip to India comes as Washington seeks to stabilize relations with New Delhi after ties soured over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which raised duties on several Indian exports. Much of Rubio’s four-day visit, however, will focus on a multicity tour, along with a gala reception in New Delhi marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. “There’s a lot to work on with India, they’re a great ally and partner. We do a lot of good work with them so this is an important trip,” Rubio said ahead of his visit to India. Rubio arrived in eastern city of Kolkata early Saturday and was scheduled to visit Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa. In coming days, he will also visit northern cities of Agra and Jaipur, …

OpenAI Considering Legal Action Against Apple Over ‘Strained’ Siri Partnership

OpenAI Considering Legal Action Against Apple Over ‘Strained’ Siri Partnership

Published by skeptic

OpenAI is preparing to potentially take legal action against Apple due to a “strained” relationship with the iPhone maker, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The two companies reached a partnership in 2024 that saw ChatGPT integrated into features like Siri and Image Playground across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. iPhone users can also subscribe to ChatGPT directly via the Settings app, with Apple taking a cut of revenue. Ultimately, though, the report said OpenAI expected ChatGPT to be more deeply integrated across additional Apple apps and to have more prime placement within Siri. OpenAI executives also believe that Apple has not sufficiently advertised the integration, resulting in fewer customers knowing about it. OpenAI initially believed the deal could generate billions of dollars per year in subscription revenue, but that “hasn’t come close to happening.” This expectation was seemingly set by Apple, which reportedly characterized the agreement as being an opportunity on par with its multi-billion-dollar deal with Google for search in Safari. Apple’s culture of secrecy is said to have resulted in OpenAI not knowing exactly …

Inside American Fashion’s Strained Pursuit of Glamour at New York Fashion Week

Inside American Fashion’s Strained Pursuit of Glamour at New York Fashion Week

Published by Sam Flores

“In times of war, fashion designers show floral prints,” Miguel Adrover quips sardonically in The Designer is Dead, a new documentary from Gonzalo Hergueta which screened on the first night of New York Fashion Week. With that sentence, Adrover, a prominent designer from the turn of the millennium whose cult following has only increased since his withdrawal from the industry over a decade ago, elucidated much of what American designers would present on the runways throughout the course of  the week: At a time of social and political unrest in the United States, American fashion has opted for gloss and glamour, with varying degrees of success. (edited) The overarching theme of recent New York Fashion Weeks had been one of pragmatism dominated by a singular, and very monotonous, idea of taste: Outerwear and plain dresses and simple separates fashioned in cozy materials and neutral tones—camel coats, navy crewnecks, and lots of gray. It would be too simple to call this a consequence of the “quiet luxury” craze of 2024. Rather, it was the trickling down …

Exclusive: Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have ‘not abandoned’ their father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor despite ‘strained’ family dynamic

Exclusive: Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have ‘not abandoned’ their father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor despite ‘strained’ family dynamic

Published by Daniella Wilson

They were once the closest of families, with Sarah Ferguson comparing their tight bond to a table. “A table goes best with four legs,” the former Duchess of York told HELLO! in 2017. “A table can’t stand on three legs, so you have the Duke and I, and the two girls. We’re a family unit and we lead by example. “We support each other emotionally and we support each other health-wise. At least every two weeks we sit down together and communicate, the four of us.” Today, that once-sturdy relationship is looking decidedly wobbly, after Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie found themselves dragged into the scandal surrounding their parents’ friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Last week, further emails emerged from the so-called “Epstein files”, revealing that the late convicted paedophile paid for Sarah and her daughters to fly to the US to have lunch with him at his mansion in Palm Beach, days after he was released from prison in 2009, when the sisters were 19 and 20.  In other messages exchanged by Sarah and Epstein, she …